Tech-enabled Entrepreneurship

Discover How to Drive Innovations that make Impact!

Are you ready to explore the world of technology-enabled innovation from both an entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial perspective? This course is your gateway to mastering the essential skills needed to create, validate, and start a new venture around a value-driven product-service value proposition that make the difference!

Why this course?

• Acquire critical business skills tailored to today’s fast-evolving tech innovation landscape

• Learn to balance financial success with long-term sustainability

• Gain the confidence to launch innovations that are financially viable, technologically feasible, and truly user-desirable

What You Will Learn

In this hands-on course, you will:

• Craft and validate user-centric value propositions that address real-world needs.

• Develop business models by assessing user desirability, technical feasibility, and financial viability.

• Navigate tech-enabled ecosystems by applying business economics theories and tools to conceptualise and organise multi-actor innovation networks.

• Finance the development of new value propositions through appropriate business models, external funding, and optimised financial project management.

You will gain practical experience with:

• Create and manage product-service cost structures

• Planning sales revenue and capital needs

• Managing cash flow and drafting income statements

• Performing break-even analysis and assessing financial risks

• Pitching your ideas to investors

From Idea to Start-Up

An integral part of the course is learning how to build a new venture around your chosen product-service idea. You will explore the entrepreneurial journey—from opportunity recognition and idea validation to launching a start-up and scaling your business. By developing a concrete business plan and go-to-market strategy, you’ll be equipped to turn your innovation into a real-world enterprise. This process includes identifying target customers, analysing competition, selecting appropriate legal and organisational structures, and understanding the operational and strategic requirements of running a successful start-up.

Sustainability and Responsibility

Beyond financial performance, you will learn to integrate ecological and societal values into your innovation strategies. The course addresses sustainable business models and the triple bottom line, helping you create solutions that generate value not only for your business but for society and the planet.